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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The following text is derived from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" target="_blank" class="weblink">Mind Map</a> entry in the online Wikipedia.</span></p>
<p class="p_OMGText" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 48px;"><span class="f_OMGText">A Mind Map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.</span></p>
<p class="p_OMGText" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 48px;"><span class="f_OMGText">A Mind Map is an image-centered diagram that represents semantic or other connections between portions of information. By presenting these connections in a radial, non-linear graphical manner, it encourages a brainstorming approach to any given organizational task, eliminating the hurdle of initially establishing an intrinsically appropriate or relevant conceptual framework to work within.</span></p>
<p class="p_OMGText" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 48px;"><span class="f_OMGText">The elements are arranged intuitively according to the importance of the concepts and are organized into groupings, branches, or areas. The uniform graphic formulation of the semantic structure of information on the method of gathering knowledge, may aid recall of existing memories.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The use of the term </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Mind Maps</span><span class="f_BodyText"> is trademarked in the UK and the USA by The Buzan Organization, Ltd.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">For further information on the concepts of Mind Mapping, refer to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" target="_blank" class="weblink">Wikipedia</a> item and its linked sources.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Mind Mapping in Enterprise Architect</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Enterprise Architect enables you to develop Mind Maps quickly and simply, through use of an MDG Technology integrated with the Enterprise Architect installer. The Mind Mapping facilities are provided in the form of:</span></p>
<ul style="text-indent: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-position: outside;">
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A Mind Mapping diagram type, accessed through the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="newdiagrams.htm">New Diagram</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> dialog</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">A </span><span class="f_UIControl">Mind Mapping</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> page in the Enterprise Architect UML </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1">Mind Mapping element and relationship entries in the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField"><a href="umltoolboxshortcutmenu.htm">UML Toolbox Shortcut</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="umltoolboxshortcutmenu.htm"> Menu</a> and </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="quick_links.htm">Quick Linker</a></span><span class="f_Bulletlist1">.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL2"><span class="f_SubHeadingL2">Mind Mapping Toolbox Page</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You can access the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Mind Mapping</span><span class="f_BodyText"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Toolbox</span><span class="f_BodyText"> through the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">More tools | Mind Mapping</span><span class="f_BodyText"> menu option. The following icons are available:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="mindmappingicons.png" width="129" height="109" border="0" alt="MindMappingIcons"></p>
<ul style="text-indent: 0px; margin-left: 30px; list-style-position: outside;">
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Central Topic</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> is the main theme of the Mind Map; you would normally have one or two of these on the diagram, but can add as many as are necessary</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Main Topic</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> represents the immediate concepts generated by the Central Topic</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Topic</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> represents the larger divisions of a Main Topic</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Sub Topic</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> represents the finer divisions of a Topic or Main Topic; you could also have Subtopics of Subtopics to represent increasingly finer distinctions</span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1" style="font-style: italic;">Relationship</span><span class="f_Bulletlist1"> represents the connection between any two elements; you can have several Relationships per element. Each relationship has three anchor points, so you can curve the lines to develop the flow of concepts more easily.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">When dragged onto a Mind Mapping diagram, the elements and relationship have the following appearances:</span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="mindmap.png" width="653" height="318" border="0" alt="MindMap"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">As the elements can represent any concept, object or relationship, you can use the full range of element properties and features to expand on what the element represents, including adding </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;">Note</span><span class="f_BodyText"> elements. However, to preserve the simplicity and readability of the diagram itself, you cannot display the element compartments on the diagram.</span></p>
<p class="p_SubHeadingL1"><span class="f_SubHeadingL1">Disable Mind Mapping</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">If you prefer not to use Mind Mapping in Enterprise Architect, you can disable it (and subsequently re-enable it) using the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="manage_mdg_technologies.htm">MDG Technologies</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog (</span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Settings | MDG Technologies</span><span class="f_BodyText">).</span></p>




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